Ennis Jones
The shower of glass slices painfully into my back and arms but I do my best to shield Yah from the bulk of the debris.
"Ennis get off that fat bitch right now!" Jazmine is standing in my bathroom, baseball bat aimed at my head.
Rage fueling me I charge at her, the glass in my bare feet not doing a thing to detour me. Backing be against the sick I press the bag against her throat.
"What the fuck are you on shorty?! How the fuck did you even get in my house?!"
"Don't fucking worry about it. I told you I'd make you regret disrespecting me. But it seems you got bigger fish to fry." Struggling against my hold she point at Yahs crumpled form at the bottom of the tub grabbing a towel I cover her nudity cringing at the glass embedded in her face. Grabbing my phone I call 911 and press the intercom for security. They rush in gawking at the scene.
"I'm not even going to ask how her crazy ass got in her but you need to get her out of her before the police arrive. She smiled triumphantly.
"I knew you still cared about me."
"This ain't got nothing to do with your bird brained ass. As long as there's a chance that that baby your caring is mine I have to look out for you. But if anything happens to Saaliyah I'll kill you myself." She gasps clutching her stomach.
"You don't mean that. You wouldn't leave our child motherless." Wrapping a towel around my waist I chuckle getting toe to toe with her.
"The only value you hold to me if the life your caring in your womb. I warned you that Saaliyah was off limits. You don't mean a fucking thing to me. Just something warm to catch my nut. Now that I know how crazy you are I won't underestimate you again." Pulling my second in command, Kamari I give him clear instructions as to what to do with Jazmine. He nods grabbing her, and they slip out before I hear the sirens approaching. Kneeling by the tub I caress Yah's marred face.
What am I going to do?
***
"And you say you don't know would have cause to attack you and Ms. Moon?" The officers voice grates on my nerves as the nurse continues to pull glass out of my wounds. My back is screaming but I grit my teeth wishing he would hurry tf up with this questioning. I need to check on Yah.
"Where's that bastard that go my baby attacked?!" Nativity's voice rings loud in clear in the ER. The curtain giving me privacy is snatched back and the mirror image of Yah is standing there full of rage. I knew her mom would be upset but she looked ready to hunt Jazmine down herself.
"Which one of your hoes or oops got my baby laying in a hospital bed?"
"Ms. Moon it's-" her hand is quick and my head is whipped back from the force of her slap. The officer moves to grab her but the looks she's gives him makes him think better of it.
"I'm not as fuzzy brain as my daughter. I know who you are and what you do. You bring destruction wherever you go. You will not destroy my daughter. I won't allow it. Stay the fuck away from her Ennis."
"I can't. I love her. I've been in love with her. I can't leave her alone." She chuckles stepping close so that I can feel her breath on my face. She looked so much like my girl that I ached to go to her.
"The love that you have for my daughter has her with a concussion, two broken ribs and multiple lacerations to her face and body. If you care about my daughter you'd leave her be. Get your shit together because if someone else harms my daughter you and them will have to answer to me." She storms off the cop on her heels asking her questions about me and my dealings. The nurse shakes her head and finishes cleaning my cuts.
"Nativity has always been a hardass but when it comes to Saaliyah she's never played any games."
"You know her?" She nods, beginning to stitch the larger wounds on my back closed.
"I knew her. A long time ago. Seems like a lifetime now. She and I share similar taste in men sadly."
"Don't tell me y'all was sharing dick." I can't help but chuckle. As high and mighty as Nativity likes to portray herself I couldn't see her willing sharing her man.
"Don't be crude but yes. He was a big fish back then so can imagine that we weren't the only ones he was sleeping with. We gave birth to our daughters just days apart from each other. But Slim never did get over her once she walked away with her baby." I freeze cause she surely couldn't be talking about who I thought she was.
"Slim?"
"Slim Thurgood."
My plug is Saaliyah's father
